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cion of his having stolen something, and a tin pot was found
concealed under his mantle. As there was every probability of
their soon separating, and Mr. Graves feared that punishment
would cause a rupture, he only turned him out of the vessel:
the rest soon followed him, and landed. Having made a fire,
the men squatted round i t ; while the women were despatched
to collect sheU-fish.
As soon as the Natives had finished their meal, they embarked,
and proceeded eastward. Next day they again visited
the Hope, but in consequence, perhaps, of the occurrence the
day before, did not venture alongside, until invited by the
Avords, ‘ho-say, ho-say,’ which mean, ‘come, come.’ In a fcAV
minutes confidence was restored, and they began to barter.
The trade was opened by one of the women making a peace-
offering of a shell necklace, in return for which, red caps and
medals were given to each of the women and children. The
Hope went thence to Soapsuds Cove, where the crew washed
their clothes, and replaced a broken spar.
I n a S .F . direction from this cove there appeared to be a
considerable channel leading to the S .F ., and to the southAvard
was a deep sound, toAvards which they were proceeding
th e next morning ; b u t having advanced about two miles, the
land o f Cape Expectation trended suddenly round to the east-
Avard, and a long narrow channel presented itself, which seemed
likely to communicate with the Strait, to the southward of P o rt
San Antonio. T h ey proceeded th rough this channel, which
takes a very straight course, and gradually narrows from P o rt
W aterfa ll, where it is two miles and a h a lf wide, to Passage
Cove, where it is scarcely three quarters of a mile ; and there
th ey anchored.
Between P o rt Waterfall and Passage Cove, a p a rty of Natives
Avas seen; b u t, being probably the same who were met
a t In d ian Cove, no attention was paid to their hallooings and
fires of invitation.* T h e Hope came into the Strait, east-
Avard of an opening then called Magdalen Sound ; her passage
• Fires made to a ttra c t attention, and invite strangers to land.
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must therefore have been through Sarmiento’s San Gabriel’
Channel.
At night, when betAveen Cape Froward and Port San Antonio,
a heavy squall from S.W. carried the little vessel rapidly
towards Cape San Isidro, and, at daylight tlie next morning,
she was in the position observed by us, while ascending
Mount Tarn.
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